What’s going on?
You’re not going to believe this,Danzig said, slowly uncoiling himself so I had a view.
He was right, I didn’t believe what I was seeing.
Chapter 28
Danzig
I thought we were all dead. Or at least I was about to die.
I’d curled myself around my brother and mate, ready for my body to be destroyed to keep them safe, only for magic to tickle my scales but nothing else.
Now I was looking at something that I’d only heard of in myth.
Uncurling, I freed Marduk, and he uncoiled to reveal Bec and Beatrix.
Beatrix immediately took flight to hover over us, and Bec remained sitting on the ground. Marduk gently wrapped his tail around her, and she slumped against him.
“What's going on?” she asked, her voice barely a whisper.
“Nothing I’d ever thought possible,” Mason said, landing next to us. He had a scared expression on his face, which was rare. Gargoyles almost never got scared.
Lomis was on his knees, still holding the ties, but I wasn’t concerned about that any longer. Not after what stepped out of the void.
“I exist.”
The words came from a figure that looked like it was made out of pure void. It was human-shaped with two arms and two legs, but it was black with sparkling stars glittering throughout.
The figure lifted a hand and examined it, as if curious.
“I have a shape, but I need skin,” the void said, then I felt a gentle pulse of magic and a strange tugging on my mind. By the way everyone else reacted, they experienced the same thing.
“I’ll pick that shape,” the void said, and his outline glowed brightly enough to make us all look away. When the light dissipated, the void looked human.
He was naked and very obviously male with a slim, muscular build. He had pale skin and short, dark brown hair. His gray eyes focused on Beatrix.
“Thank you, Beatrix, I like this shape,” he said.
“Oh my god,” Beatrix whispered. “He looks just like my cousin Anthony. He died a few years ago.”
“Yes,” the void said. “Your memories of him are happy. He was a good soul. I’m sorry he’s gone, but I didn’t want to assume the face of someone still here.”
Beatrix blinked rapidly. “Okay.” Her voice was a little shaky, as if she was holding back tears.
The void gave her a gentle smile. “Your memories of him were lovely. Thank you for sharing. It’s an honor to have his shape.”
I wasn’t about to point out that he hadn’t asked permission to invade our minds or use Beatrix’s cousin’s face. We all stayed quiet as he swept his gaze over us. If the void-tie was powerful enough to level San Diego, how powerful was a being made from the void itself?
It was mind boggling.
“You are all pure souls,” he murmured. It was probably a good thing none of the vampires were here because they might not pass the soul test.
Then his eyes focused on Lomis. “Except for you.”
Lomis looked up, and I saw that his face was red and blistered, as if he had a bad sunburn. Tears were streaming from his eyes as he held all his ties in both hands and strained to break them all at once.
“None of that,” the void said. With a wave of his hand, the ties disappeared. “I’m pure void magic, did you really think you could attack me with my own self?”
